The new compendium will include mole men. And, frankly, it's pretty sweet. We visited with him during a hotel hole-up at the Chateau Marmont, and interrupted his writing flow. He forgave us, and offered us a ham sandwich with some Soylent Green. Please to be watching.

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(Ed. note: We aired a mole-man-centric cut of this visit late last year, but we're revisiting again to reveal more undiscovered Hodgmanic goodness. Stay tuned for all-new fun with this guy, planned soon.)

i can’t wait for his new book! i’m so happy to know that there is one. i might be even more happy when the audio book is released for free on itunes so i can hear his voice for 4 to 6 plus hours while driving to and from work.

funny. I wonder if this guy worries that Bill Gates wants to come up and punch him (or more realistically, hire someone to punch him). Despite all the Gates-is-lame blah-blah — I mean, if I had accomplished and gotten as rich as Bill Gates is, I’d prolly have a serious ego — and here’s this guy mocking me on ads? Could you imagine what John D. Rockefeller would have done to some competition mocking him thusly?

Love the cover of the book. It reminds be very much of the label on a bottle of Dr. Bronner’s soap. Can’t help but wonder if Hodgman’s choice of cover is meant to evoke the same sense of “craziness” as the soap’s creator.

Xeni, this is very reminiscent of Crispin Glover on Late Night with David Letterman… he wasn’t giving you much traction there… which I suspect he quite rather enjoyed. But congrats, you were able to get some usable material! Not that he made it easy.

@#3 MADDY:
I’m pretty certain nobody cares either way. Bill Gates didn’t become a gajillionaire because he was self-conscious of people mocking him. Look at him? He’s always been who he is and he’s rich.

I am a huge fan of David Wallechinsky’s work, so it was super-thrilling to see the almanac on Hodgman’s bed. John Hodgeman is truly a world-class wit in the Will Rogers sense, and I’m hoping that more folks get exposed to his brain. And to Wallechinsky’s brain. “I can do without a ham sandwich.” – Xeni, your grace is unparalleled.

#9 — really Jack, you know the inner-workings of a ka-jillionaire’s mind? I was simply positing, and to clarify — my point is not remedied by the old bromide of “not caring what people think” (because we all do on some level) — it’s rising to the level of mocking as it effects Bill Gates’ business. And in my limited time on the planet, people who are ka-jillionares tend to care very much about their business …

If he’s being published by Dutton, why is he being photographed in front of our (Macmillan’s) Flatiron Building? This seems wrong.

I’ll just have to content myself with having had Mr. Hodgman sit down to breakfast three feet away from me at BookExpoAmerica this year, launching himself into a lengthy and hilarious monologue directed at his two companions, which I struggled to not look like I was enjoying overhearing. John Hodgman is a mighty rocking thing.